“Many U.S. officials believe that [al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-] Zarqawi is in many ways more dangerous than Osama bin Laden. ‘The capture of Zarqawi should now have a higher priority than even that of Osama bin Laden,’ said Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said at a news conference today [May 13, 2004]. U.S. and European officials say Zarqawi ran an al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan but now runs his own far-flung terror network.”
– Brian Ross, “Zarqawi Is New Focus in Terror War,” ABC News, May 13, 2004